Fire strikes Salem City home; no injuries

Staff photo by Britney LillyaSalem's Liberty Fire Co. No. 2 and North Bend Co. No. 4 along with Woodstown's Reliance Fire Co. responded to a house fire at 75 Thompson Street in Salem late Thursday morning.

By CHRISTOPHER WEIRcweir@sjnewsco.comSALEM -- A Salem woman woke up to the smell of smoke in her bedroom Thursday morning and rushed outside to see smoke billowing out of the second floor of her Thompson street home.
The cause of the blaze that started around 10:15 a.m. at 75 Thompson Street is still under investigation but it is believed to have started in a second-story bedroom.

The blaze damaged two second-story bedrooms but no injuries were reported as a result of the fire.

Homeowner Jana King was asleep in her second story bedroom, which is located down the hall from her daughter's bedroom, where the fire is believed to have started.

King, who works nights and sleeps during the day, resides in the home with her 18-year-old daughter Bridgette, and two sons, ages 13 and 8.